Vulnerable household women's health assessment (VH-WHAT): Protocol design and implementation

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 358-364

  Barooti, E ^a   Haghdoost, A A ^b   Hosseini, H ^c   Tabibzadeh, Z ^d   Bahmani, S ^b   Tayeri, S ^a   Zamiri, N ^e   Lankarani, K B ^e  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gender based; Health; Household women; Iran; Protocol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CONSULTATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PELVIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLD WOMEN'S HEALTH ASSESSMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77954713673     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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